Joel Kinnaman who currently co-stars in the AMC series The Killing, has landed the role of RoboCop in director José Padilha‘s long gestating upcoming reboot. News broke last week that the actor had been offered the part, now Deadline confirms that a deal has now been closed. At one point, Kinnaman was set to play Lancelot in Warner Bros’s Arthur & Lancelot alongside Game of Thrones star Kit Harington – though […]
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Michael Fassbender Talks ROBOCOP and X-MEN Sequel
CYBORGS, ANDROIDS AND MUTANTS In Ridley Scott‘s highly anticipated ‘Alien’ themed flick Prometheus, Michael Fassbender plays an Android, now the actor discusses the possibility of playing half man, half machine in director José Padilha‘s upcoming Robocop reboot that is scheduled for a 2013 release. There are those who are skeptical of a remake considering the popularity and cult status of Paul Verhoeven‘s original, however the themes of the […]
ROBOCOP Reboot Locks in Director and Writer
With MGM back on it’s feet after after it’s financial woes, the newly-restructured studio is planning to remake a number of classic movies. The first out of the gate – at least in terms of securing major talent, is the 1987 sci-fi action flick Robocop, directed by Paul Verhoeven. Rebooting the massively popular franchise has […]